The activists of the Hindu outfit also threatened the owner to wind up his business or face consequences, following which a police complaint was filed.

A police team visited the salon and took some eyewitness account of the attack.

Regional Secretary of the Hindu Jagran Manch Vimal Dwivedi said sacrilege of Hindu gods would not be tolerated at any cost. “We will not allow the salon to operate,” he said.

The controversial ad in question carried the caption ‘Gods too visit JH Salon’ that led to a case being registered against the hair-stylist in Hyderabad. Habib has already offered his apology and maintains that the ad was released in Kolkata by a partner concern without his knowledge.